Plants take up water and nutrients that flow through a PVC pipe in the nutrient film technique (NFT) hydroponics system. (Photo courtesy of Barry Burnsides/OSU Extension Service) CORVALLIS - Ask ...

With the world’s population expected to hit 9.1 billion by 2050, coupled with the growing effects of climate change on our ability to grow crops, a company out of Barcelona has proposed a solution to ...

Hydroponic farming is a gardening technique that grows plants using a nutrient solution medium rather than soil. Sometimes, the roots will hang directly into a liquid mixture of water and dissolved ...

[Billy] has a special interest in passive hydroponics (also known as the Kratky method), which is a way of growing plants in nutrient-rich water that does not circulate. As the plant grows and liquid ...

Here's an urban farm we'll still be able to use when rising sea levels flood all our cities! Science Barge is a floating organic farm set aboard a barge in the Hudson river. The Science Barge crops ...

The Arctic Harvester gathers up freshwater to feed hydroponic greenhouses–and an 800-person on-board community. As glaciers melt at record speeds due to climate change, some (often questionable) ...

Growing your own food is one of life’s great pleasures—plus it’s good for you and for the environment. But in increasingly tight, urban homes, we don’t all have room for gardens. And hydroponic ...